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Please Answer Carefully
a horror survey game
litrouke
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Throne of Ashes
$2
Break the curse and uncover your fire.
13Leagues
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Tears of Tianchao
Trust none. Follow None
Kanri
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Wayfarer
Marked by complete magical immunity, Wayfarers wander the world, fighting magic. Where will your fate lead you?
Idrelle Games
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Speaker
What do you See?
speakergame
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Superstition S2
Journey deeper into the unknown.
13Leagues
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Fool Me Once
Dark Fantasy + Romance Interactive Fiction
PDRRook
Interactive Fiction
Scout: An Apocalypse Story
A text choice romance in an apocalyptic setting.
Anya
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
We Never Left: <Standalone>
On a dark and stormy night in 1983, the phone rings. “FINISH THE GAME”.
FYRE Games
Adventure
Remnants Of The Past - Act 1
$6.99
A fantasy and love story influenced by the Guanche culture.
Domakir
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Danganronpa: Lapse
10 students find themselves trapped in a luxurious mansion...
Cynthia
Visual Novel
GIF
Trigaea
Alter genes, survive. Sci-fi RPG. 270k+
RynGM
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Salt Keep
$4.99
A traveling salesman's struggle to survive a night of horror
Small Gray Games
Adventure
Play in browser
a man outside
a friendly horror game in your neighborhood
litrouke
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
if not us
$7
an IF anthology about five heroes who die
ub4q
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
FARA
A browser roguelike with over 60 classes and endless adventure
BrianIsCreative
Role Playing
Play in browser
Joestar ☆ Struck
Get Joestar Struck
TeamScallywag
Visual Novel
The King's Hound
Play as King Arthur Pendragon's spouse and forge Camelot's history.
Kal Down
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Nameless
A story based on fey and other myths in a drained world. Will you find out what happened before it comes for you?
Parker Lyn
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
answer these 10 questions and i'll tell you what kind of lover you are
a choose-your-own-adventure heartbreak in the shape of a quiz
frannym
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Sinners
Could you fall for a sinner?
veswrites
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Home Safety Hotline
$14.99
A horror game about working in a 90's call center.
Night Signal Entertainment
Puzzle
A Witch's Word
You sold your firstborn to a witch. Now she helps you find a mate.
RainbowStarbird
Simulation
Play in browser
GIF
Pixel Fireplace
$4.99
Type commands, roast marshmallows, throw logs onto a crackling fire. Enjoy
Ted Martens
Simulation
Project: Perfectly Normal
A free action-comedy BL game about a retired killer-for-hire who has to navigate life as a normal high school student.
peaceful-pastel
Visual Novel
Superstition S3
Learn the truth and unleash your potential.
13Leagues
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Gray Ascendancy
Craft the story of a villain's amnesiac henchperson on a quest to mage restoration.
grayascendancy
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Eye of the Moon
Eye of the Moon is an adventure and romance story inspired by Filipino mythology.
atemaarte
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Night Abridged
there is a whisper in the shadows...
ZICO
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
goodbye
say goodbye before you go
barrels
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
REDSUGARSOCIETY
Fake date. Fall in love. Murder. Party. Rinse and repeat.
riotdevs
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Fallacy Quiz
$5
Sharpen your critical thinking skills in this quiz game that challenges you to spot rhetorical fallacies.
Tim Krief
Educational
Snowbound Blood
Snowbound Blood: A Vast Error Story
Deconreconstruction
Visual Novel
GIF
emily is away
Sign In again.
kyleseeley23
Project: Eden's Garden
16 talented participants enter the game. Only 2 will walk out alive.
Project: Eden's Garden
Visual Novel
Uroboros
The struggle between mortals and divinity that may end an age of divine rule.
Mistyrious
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
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